ESQUISSE THREE - 3D TRANSLATION

For this esquisse I found some sort of flowery type thing that I thought had a rather interesting shape. Though I thought it would be quite a hard shape to reproduce realistically. I tried a few different methods here. I first tried a cubic boxy kind of method using folding, rolling and a locking method to keep it all together. Though it didn’t look exactly like the flower it was an interesting shape. Second attempt was sing origami style folding techniques. This time focusing on the flower fart rather than the bulb. This turned out really well and I thought was a good more realistic representation of the flower. The third attempt I wanted to replicate the entire body so it would look the same from every angle. I did this using slots and repetition of the same shape, which I guess refers to the Fibonacci sequence. Though did not look as interesting as the others.

ESQUISSE TWO - LOCKING SYSTEMS

My first idea was based around tension. The more weight applied the stronger it became. I did this by cutting numerous pieces of cardboard into “rows” the same size and then cutting a slit in them big enough for a separate piece of cardboard to slide trough horizontally. Each “row” had a slit at a different height. Starting from low at the outer edges and reaching there highest point at the centre. This caused enough tension to make that “U” shape. When pressure was applied, the “rows” were pulled together to make an extremely Tight and taught structure. Unfortunately this idea didn’t work with the material I chose to make the final out of as it was to stiff and had no flex in it. Thus resulted in making a slot structure. Though strong it had its problems as getting the slot cut outs at the precise size was rather difficult.

ESQUISSE ONE - UNDERSTANDING FORM + GEOMETRY

Here are my attempts at the Cube, Five sided pyramid and the Sphere. I created these using origami style folding techniques. The sphere was rather challenging as I had to make it out of numerous pieces that slotted in together. Overall I’m happy with the results

Be4U - FURNITURE DESIGN HISTORY

Be4U - SKETCHES

Here are some sketches of the chairs on display at NGV that will hopefully inspire me in my designs. I found it rather interesting to look at the progression of materials, processes and styles over the years. I also found it amazing that certain chairs remain stylish and groundbreaking even to this day.